Repton
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
Repton is an arcade developed by Sirius Software, released 31 December 1983 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Repton is
Repton is an arcade game developed by Sirius Software and released in 1983. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A bidirectional, horizontal scrolling shoot'em up similar to Defender, written by Dan Thompson and Andrew Kaluzniacki and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit homecomputers.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Repton launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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